Caption

Quick meaning: Caption is a noun meaning (typography) The descriptive heading or title, of a document or part thereof.

Meaning

(typography) The descriptive heading or title, of a document or part thereof.

More Meanings

1. A title or brief explanation attached to an illustration, cartoon, user interface element, etc.
2. (Internet) A story that is embedded in a pre-existing image (sometimes with image manipulation)
3. To add captions to a text or illustration.
4. To add captions to a film or broadcast.
5. (cinematography, television) A piece of text appearing on screen as a subtitle or other part of a film or broadcast, describing dialogue (and sometimes other sound) for viewers who cannot hear.
6. (law) The section on an official paper (for example, as part of a seizure or capture) that describes when, where, and what was taken, found or executed, and who authorized the act.
7. (obsolete, law) A seizure or capture, especially of tangible property (chattel).

Example Sentences

Only once the drawing is done will the letterer caption it.

Some of the photographs are new and interesting, but many captions are amateurish, uninformative or simply careless.

(theater, performance production) By analogy, text in a similar system used in a performance venue for transcription of a live event.

1919 Thomas Welburn Hughes. A treatise on criminal law and procedure. The Bobbs-Merril Co., Indianapolis, IN, USA. Sec. 557 (p. 378). The caption and asportation must be felonious.

Word Forms

• captions
• captioning
• captioned

Synonyms for caption

Depending on context, synonyms include legend, subtitle.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include subtitle, legend, subheading, heading, subtitling, header.

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